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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Problems setting up bare repository (git 1.5.3.3)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:46:56 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Carl Worth wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:32:58 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > "master:master") does not exist there, and we do not create it
> > unless you give a full refname that begins with refs/ (so that
> > push can tell if you want to create a tag or a branch).
> 
> And why is that?

Well, if the OP had used "git push <bla> master" instead of 
"... master:master", it would have worked.  I am unaware of any tutorial 
that suggests the latter, only of tutorials that suggest the former.

Ciao,
Dscho